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Exactly half-way between the death of King Edward VII and Salad Fingers came this, the glorious 1957 Jaguar D-Type.

Launched in 1955 the D-Type was specifically designed to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, with a 3.4 litre straight-six and a host of aeronautical inspired innovations – most notably the tail-fin to provide stability for the (then un-chicaned) Mulsanne Straight.

The result was an outright win in ‘55, ‘56, and most dominantly in ‘57, when 250,000 spectators watched the D-Type – now with an enlarged 3.8 litre engine – take first, second, third, fourth, and sixth places.

This lovely Speed Champions recreation of the ‘57 Le Mans winner comes from regular bloggee SFH_Bricks, with custom stickers from Brickstickershop and building instructions available too.

There’s more of the model to see at SFH’s photostream, and you can head down the Mulsanne Straight in 1957 via the link above.

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Lego Ecurie Ecosse Transporter
Today’s post is by Nils O, who makes his second appearance as a guest blogger (thank you Nils for both your suggested creation and for your writing talent). If you’re reading this and think you’d like to have a go too, contact us, TLCB is one of the most accessible Lego blogs around.

This is the latest addition to the big common project “Classic Race Teams” founded two years ago by Ape Fight on MOCpages. Nick Barrett started his LEGO version of the “Ecurie Ecosse” team in November 2011 with the fanstastic 1959 Commer team transporter and added a matching Jaguar D Type one year later.

Now he’s completed the team with a second Jaguar D Type, four team members and a lot of equipment. The stars of the team are, of course, the cars and the transporter. The Jaguars are packed with all the Technic functions you need: Engine, transmission, suspension and steering, whilst the transporter has a powered main ramp, a working engine, steering with two different HOG mechanisms and a complete interior.

Check out the completed team on MOCpages and don’t forget to look at the details of the transporter and the Jag too.

Nick will be exhibiting his complete team at the 2013 Great Western Lego Show (GWLS) at STEAM in Swindon, UK on the 5th and 6th of October. Type ‘Great Western Lego Show’ into your search engine to find out more and book tickets. If you’re really (un)lucky you may even see a TLCB Elf…
Lego Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar